Six Flags Magic Mountain Announces Thrill Glider Coaster For 2027

A first-of-its-kind roller coaster is coming to Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2027. Today, September 10th, they announced a new coaster called Thrill Glider. Created exclusively for Magic Mountain, the attraction combines flying, motorbike and suspended coaster technologies to establish an entirely new roller coaster category: the Thrillglider. It will combine the freedom of flight with the intensity of a multi-launch thrill coaster, delivering an experience unlike anything guests have ever ridden.

Vekoma designed the coaster exclusively for Six Flags Magic Mountain. Riders will board hovercycles and assume a prone, face-forward position suspended beneath the track. The custom-designed, terrain-following layout encompasses 20 unique track elements and packs an action-filled 80 seconds into a dynamic aerial adventure. Guests will launch multiple times to speeds reaching 50 mph, encounter 12 airtime moments, soar through five unique inversions (wing-over, zero-g roll, overbanked stall turn, barrel roll and upward barrel roll) and race through a dramatic station fly-by as they traverse nearly 3.5 acres. Enhanced by synchronized onboard audio and immersive lighting effects, every moment is designed to amplify the sensation of speed, flight and freedom.

Here’s the full list of records that the coaster should set:

• World’s First Thrillglider
• World’s First Multi-Launch Thrillglider
• World’s Longest Thrillglider – 3,380 feet, which is more than half a mile
• World’s Fastest Thrillglider – 50 mph
• World’s Tallest Thrillglider – 107 feet
• Most Inversions on a Thrillglider – 5 

Get Ready For Thrill Gliding In 2027

Six Flags Magic Mountain adds to their list of roller coasters with Thrill Glider. It’ll be located on the former site of Golden Bear Theatre between Full Throttle and LEX LUTHOR™: Drop of Doom and adjacent to the recently reimagined Looney Tunes™ Land. The ride is already under construction and is scheduled to open in 2027. Additional details and opening information will be announced at a later date.

If you want to lock in a seat to be one of the first to ride the coaster, you can get a 2027 Season Pass. It allows for entry to their parks for the rest of 2026 and all of 2027.

As for the actual coaster, this looks like another wild one for the stable at Magic Mountain. Tatsu was a similar ride system but we’ll have to see just how the track and ride looks like.

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